Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-03-19

no castle in Galilee, ..le i'll a. private home in
Bethany, then to fisherman's hut, and last
of all to the stable. MOI it was one leap
from the top to the bottom.
Bethlehem. and drive away the camels:
Press on through the group Of idlers and
loungers. What, o Mary, no lightl No
light" she says, save that which comes
"None." she says, "only that which is
brought in the sack on the journey" Let
the Bethlehem woman who has come in here
with kindly attentions put back the covering
from the babe that we may look upon it.
Looki Look Uncover your head. Let us
kneel. Let all voices be hushed. Son of Mary!
Son of God Child of a day-mon-
arch of eternity In that eye the
glance of God. Omnipotence. sheathed
in that babes arm. That voice to be
changed from the feeble plant to the tone
that shall wake the dead. Hosanuai Ho-
sannal Glory be to God that Jesus came
from throne to manager that we might rise
from manger to throne, and that all the gates
are open, and that the door of heaven that
once swung this way to let Jesus out, now
swings the other way to let us in. Let all
the bellmen of heaven lay hold the rope, and
ring out the news: "Behold, / bring you
glad tidings of great joy, which shall be to
all people: for to-day is born in the city of
David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord"
The second installment paid for our souls
clearance was the scene in Quarantania.
mountainous region full of caverns, where
there are to this day panthers and wild
beasts of all sorts; so that you must now,
the traveller says, go there armed with knife
or gun or pistol. 1t was there that Jesus
went to think and pray, and it was there
that this monster of hell, more sly.
more terrific than anything that prowled
n that country-Satan himself, met
Christ. The rose in the cheek of Christ
that Publius Lentulus, in his letter to the
Roman Senate, ascribed to Jesus-that rose
- - ali hrAsw. fwls
.ood had thrown him into emaciation. The
longest abstinence from food recorded in
profane history is that of the crew of the
shin Juno; for twenty three days they had
nothing to eat. But this sufferer had tasted
amonth and ten days before He broke fast.
Hunger must have agonized every fibre of
the body and gnawed on the stomach with
teeth of death. The thought Of morsel Of
bread or meat must have thrilled the body
with something like ferocity. Turn out a
gered, and If they had strength, with one
yell they would devour you as lion would
kid. 1t was in that pang of hunger that
Jesus was accosted, and Satan said: snow
change these stones, which look like bread,
into an actual supply Of bread" Had the
temptation come to you or me under those
circumstances, we would have cried" Bread
it shall bel" and had been almost impatient
at the time taken for mastication; but
Christ with one hand beat back the hunger,
and with the other hand beat back the mon
arch Of darkness. o. ye tempted onesi
Christ was tempted. We are told that Ma
poleon ordered a coat Of mail made; but he
was not quite certain that it was impene-
trable, so be said to the manufacturer of
that coat Of mail: "Put it on now your
self and let us try it;' aud with shot
sitter shot from his own pistol the Emperor
found out that it was just what it pretended
TO be-a good coat Of mail Then the man
received large reward. | bless God that
the same coat Of mail that struck back the
weapons Of temptation from the heart Of
Christ we may all now wear; for Jesui
comes and says: 81 have been tempted and
know what it is to be tempted. Take THU
robe that defended Me and wear it for your
selves. / will see you through all trials, nnc
will see you through all temptation"
But, says Satan still further to Jesus
''come and will show you something worth
looking at, and after a half-days journey
thay came to Jerusalem and to the top OF tn
Temple. Just as one might go up in tn
tower Of Antwerp and look off upon Bel
GUM. 20 Satan brought Christ to the top Of
the Temple. Some people at a great height
feel dizzy, and have a strange disposition 10
jump; 50 Satan comes to Christ with pow
erful temptation In that very crisis. Stand.
ing there at the top Of the Temple they look
on. A magnificent reach of country.
Grain fields, vineyards. olive groves forests
and streams, cattle In the valley flocks on
the hills, and villages, and cities, and realms
Now" says Satan. an make a bargain.
Just jump OF. know 1t is a great way from
the top Of the Temple to the valley, but IL you
are divine you can fly. Jump of. Il won't
Father will hold you. Besides, III make you
large present. II you will. I'll give you
Ala kiear. I'll rive van Inssi-, -,-~ vs.